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Cisco partners must skill up for data centre push
Cisco is urging partners to start skilling up to meet demand for its Unified Computing System (UCS), a new computing architecture launched yesterday that knits together compute, network, storage access and virtualisation into a modular system. News
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Downturn cannot hold back firms' growing data storage requirements
P6One of the slides that was put up by Hewlett-Packard during the announcement of its StorageWorks product enhancements last week caught the eye and summed up the state of the industry. When the vendor measured what customers were using storage for, ... Opinion
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HP talks up storage virtualisation offerings
Hewlett-Packard has announced an extension to itsvirtualisation offerings as it moves to offer customers greater choice andflexibility. The latest additions to the Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA)line have been seen by some in the industry as a step u... News
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Infortrend unveils enterprise strategy
Storage RAID specialist Infortrend has announced plans toenter the enterprise market using CeBit next month as a platform to show off ahigh performance product range and court resellers. The vendor has traditionally operated in the mid marketspace b... News
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NetApp reaffirms strategy after SME shift
NetApp has hit back at rivals circling its SME customer basefollowing the vendor’s announcement of plans to scrap its small businessproduct range. Since the revelation that NetApp is canning its S series ofproducts rivals including OverlandStorage a... News
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Recession boosts uptake of managed services
The provision of managed services is likely to be one of the brighter spots in an otherwise difficult economic landscape this year and has the potential to become a safe haven for those channel partners that get their offerings right. Moreover, the ... News
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EMC looks to second-half for better market conditions
EMC has refused to provide revenue guidance due to the uncertainmacro-economic conditions but reckons global IT spending will decline in themid to high digits this year, and that budgets will free up more in the secondhalf of the year. The admoniti... News
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Dell names Hammer as storage and blade distributor
Dell appears to be warming to the idea of a two tier supply chain following the revelation that it has signed Hammer to distribute its EqualLogic storage line as well as the entire range of servers, with a particular focus on blades. Since launchin... News
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Comment: Resellers can profit from helping buyers cut costs
The winners in storage selling in 2009 will be suppliers that convince customers that storage products and services will help them cut costs. Through this year, the stronger customers will want to cut costs and look to prune expenses or deliver great... Opinion
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Storage shows resilience despite recession
The impact of the recession is hitting the storage marketwith customers considering switching to lower cost products or freezing budget. That is the broad conclusion of the annual European storagesurvey from IDC, which points out that although hit b... News